--- title: Nehemiah 9:20 — Thou gavest also Thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest n… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Thou gavest also Thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not Thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. Who acts: Thou, commandments. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — Thou, commandments — and what happens in the verse to good spirit, commandments, manna, mouth, water, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 13 chapters of Nehemiah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וְרוּחֲךָ֨ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה נָתַ֖תָּ לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑ם וּמַנְךָ֙ לֹא־מָנַ֣עְתָּ מִפִּיהֶ֔ם וּמַ֛יִם נָתַ֥תָּה לָהֶ֖ם לִצְמָאָֽם׃ [Thou gavest also Thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not Thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.261/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:NEH:233 # text = וְרוּחֲךָ֨ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה נָתַ֖תָּ לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑ם וּמַנְךָ֙ לֹא־מָנַ֣עְתָּ מִפִּיהֶ֔ם וּמַ֛יִם נָתַ֥תָּה לָהֶ֖ם לִצְמָאָֽם׃ # verse = NEH.9.20 1-3 וְרוּחֲךָ֨ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:20!1|MId=o160090200011|Strong=2050b 2 רוּח רוּחַ NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 obj _ Gloss=spirit|Ref=NEH_9:20!1|MId=o160090200012|Strong=7307 3 ֲךָ֨ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_9:20!1|MId=o160090200013|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 4-5 הַטּוֹבָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_9:20!2|MId=o160090200021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 טּוֹבָ֔ה טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 amod _ Gloss=good|Ref=NEH_9:20!2|MId=o160090200022|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 6 נָתַ֖תָּ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.gave|Ref=NEH_9:20!3|MId=o160090200031|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160090070031;A1:160090200012;|Type=qatal 7-9 לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:20!4|MId=o160090200041|Strong=3807a 8 הַשְׂכִּיל שָׂכַל VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 6 xcomp _ Gloss=instruct|Ref=NEH_9:20!4|MId=o160090200042|Strong=7919|Frame=AA:160090200012;A0:160090200043;|Type=infinitive_construct 9 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_9:20!4|MId=o160090200043|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 10-12 וּמַנְךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:20!5|MId=o160090200051|Strong=2050b 11 מַנ מָן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=manna|Ref=NEH_9:20!5|MId=o160090200052|Strong=4478 12 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_9:20!5|MId=o160090200053|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 13 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 14 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_9:20!6|MId=o160090200061|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 14 מָנַ֣עְתָּ מָנַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 6 conj _ Gloss=you.withheld|Ref=NEH_9:20!7|MId=o160090200071|Strong=4513|Frame=A0:160090070031;A1:160090200052;|Type=qatal 15-17 מִפִּיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NEH_9:20!8|MId=o160090200081|Strong=4480 16 פִּי פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=mouth|Ref=NEH_9:20!8|MId=o160090200082|Strong=6310 17 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:20!8|MId=o160090200083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 18-19 וּמַ֛יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:20!9|MId=o160090200091|Strong=2050b 19 מַ֛יִם מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 obj _ Gloss=water|Ref=NEH_9:20!9|MId=o160090200092|Strong=4325 20 נָתַ֥תָּה נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 6 conj _ Gloss=you.gave|Ref=NEH_9:20!10|MId=o160090200101|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160090070031;A1:160090200092;|Type=qatal 21-22 לָהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 ל לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:20!11|MId=o160090200111|Strong=3807a 22 ָהֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_9:20!11|MId=o160090200112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 23-25 לִצְמָאָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NEH_9:20!12|MId=o160090200121|Strong=3807a 24 צְמָא צָמָא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=thirst|Ref=NEH_9:20!12|MId=o160090200122|Strong=6772 25 ָֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:20!12|MId=o160090200123|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:20!12 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נָתַתָּ *you gave* | qatal · qal | | רוּח *spirit* | | | | הַשְׂכִּיל *instruct* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ָם *them* | | | רוּח *spirit* | | **not** מָנַעְתָּ *you withheld* | qatal · qal | | מַנ *manna* | | | | נָתַתָּה *you gave* | qatal · qal | | מַיִם *water* | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [Thou gavest also Thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not Thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.261/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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